Born in Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Stanton
and Prudence (Chesebrough) Stanton
Sister of
Zerviah (Stanton) Fanning, John Stanton Jr., Samuel Stanton, Amos Stanton, Robert Stanton, Prudence (Stanton) Williams, James Stanton and Cassandra (Stanton) Geer
Wife of
Unknown Billings
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jun 2012
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Biography
Sarah Stanton was born 31 July 1739 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony, the first child of John Stanton and Prudence Chesebrough.
There is as yet no evidence that this person married or produced children; see notes below.
==NOTES== A previous version of this profile presented her name as 'Sarah Chesebrough Stanton. There is as yet no evidence that this Sarah Stanton carried the middle name 'Chesebrough', or any middle name. This probably represents an error of confusion with a different person.
An earlier version of this profile purported as follows:
- "Sarah was married to Thomas Stanton 3d, "both of Stonington," 10 January 1750/51 by Rev. Nathaniell Eells. In view of the fact that this Sarah Chesebrough would have been less than 12 years old on the stated date, most certainly the statement above represents a confusion with a different person, Sarah Chesebrough, who did marry Thomas Stanton on that date.
Sources
- Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 583, no. 154: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n605/mode/1up
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Arthur Nelson
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #484160 - Mary (McGrath) Klier :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #359193
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~0.78%
Roberta Klepper :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A850861 [compare], Ancestry member robertabear
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~0.78%
Michael Klepper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A444535 [compare], Ancestry member robertabear
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Rejected matches › Sarah Devine (Stanton) James (1737-abt.1800) › Sarah (Stanton) Whitney (abt.1738-1803)
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S > Stanton | B > Billings > Sarah Chesebrough (Stanton) Billings
Categories: Groton, Connecticut | Stonington, Connecticut
The Mayflower Society Silver Book, Volume 16, Part 1, Alden/Mullins p. 610, says Sarah Chesebrough, daughter of John and Prudence (Chesebrough) Stanton, married a Mr.Billings. The main (only?) document that ties Sarah Cheesebrough Stanton (great-great-grandaughter of Mayflower pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins) to Mr, Billing is the will of her father John Stanton shown on p. 609. It says “I give and bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Sarah Cheseebrough Billings, a negro boy named Tom” which has been interpreted that Sarah Cheesebrough Stanton (born 31 JUL 1739) married a Mr. Billings. BUT when read in total:
Connecticut, U.S., Wills for Hartford p. 1089 The will says, “I give & Bequeath to my beloved Daughter Sarah Chesebrough Billing & to the Heir of her body My Negro boy named Tom & also my young Sorrel Mare - - - - “ Note that the Silver book left out “& to the Heir of her body”. Why the “&” and who is “her body”? Also on page 1092 the John Alden inventory lists values of “Negro slaves named Cliff, Tom, Jordan, Sharam, and Lettice” (all listed in the will), but the inventory lists a 6th slave named “Peg’, not mentioned in the will. What does this mean? I think this means John gave to his daughter Sarah Chesebrough 1) a slave he called Billing (perhaps the name of her former owner) known by others as “Peg” 2) also “Billing & the Heir of her (Billing’s) body her Negro son Tom” 3) a sorrel mare. The will names Tom as the son of Billing. This is in opposition to The Silver Book” but it also addresses another problem? WHO is Mr. Billing? I have found no references to him. There are many Billings, Cheesebrough, and Stantons in 18th century Connecticut, but it’s strange for the daughter of this prominent John Stanton family to disappear from the New England records unless: 1) She never married, or 2) She married but the Cheesbrough middle name was lost, and she is one of the married Sarah Stantons of this time and place. If Mr. Billings can be discarded, I have a good solution for what happened to Sarah Cheesebrough Stanton.
As you can see from the changes history on this profile, it started out with no sourcing whatsoever. I added the Wheeler reference a few years ago just so there would be something in the sources section, however as you know, the Wheeler tome is notoriously incorrect on many points, and it is not a reliable source, in and of itself. If you have published sources that you can cite on this Sarah Chesebrough Stanton, please add them, including a link to the relevant page(s) of the Silver Book. Just a note of caution, that reference is not necessarily without error either.
On the phrase "& to the heir of her body", it simply means that the bequest would be transferred to Sarah's children, if she were to have them. It doesn't mean that she actually did have any at the time the will was executed.
As we go forward, we should be as careful as possible to discern the spelling of the name Billing, or Billings, as the case may be for this particular person. As you know, the Billings family was well represented in the area at that time, however the specific spelling Billing was not common.
Looking into FamilySearch, I see that it has the wrong Sarah Stanton as the wife of Eleazer Prentice. When I get time, I will try to sort that out.
I plan to upgrade this profile as time permits, but I would not object to others contributing to it at any time, provided of course that such contributions are based on probative evidence (documentation).
edited by John French Ph.D.